I admire your bloomer mentality but I expect most people to be more radical than usual until Luigi is sentenced to death or life. Then, I fully expect everyone to go back to subservience to the status quo.
This is exactly what happened on TikTok and social media following George Floyd’s death. Everyone was #BLM #ACAB until it wasn’t trendy or cool anymore
Hate to say it but the fact that this was an isolated incident just assures that it will be lost in the content pile.
It stopped because there was no organization to join or participate in. The movement was too ad hoc and whatever formal structures existed were unable to adsorb an influx of people as anything other than followers.
I’m speaking in a very broad sense here. It did turn into a trend because that is the nature of social media and the trend died because that’s just what happens when you emulate reality
The substance of what happened after the murder of george floyd wasn’t a social media trend, it was major In Real Life, Away From Keyboard events such as demonstrations, riots and occupations in which millions of people participated. That wasn’t emulating reality, that was reality.
The popularity online were products of those. The hashtags declined in popularity as the IRL AFK events petered out, which was due to lack of formal structure and organization. Riots are exhausting and will eventually be suppressed unless they turn into something. It was a “trend” that “died”.
So far the 2 situations are unalike because there has been zero mass mobilizations in this case. It’s entirely a social phenomena.
I do think it’s still a point worth considering. The fact is, an better organized left wing would have been able to take this and run with it further. I wouldn’t say this was THE moment and we missed our revolutionary chance but it’s once again a moment that we should have been able to use to a greater advantage than we have and the possibility of it petering out is fairly realistic as a result. What response do sympathetic people have as an option for acting out aside from I’ll advised copycat attempts? The sentiment is there, that’s been brought to the forefront, but there’s still nothing to focus it, for people to march behind and without that these sorts of things either go away or descend into chaos resulting in worsening conditions. I would advise against letting optimism getting in the way of sober analysis because otherwise we don’t learn how to do better next time. Cause while.this means a lot, if we were on the ball it could’ve meant more.
I admire your bloomer mentality but I expect most people to be more radical than usual until Luigi is sentenced to death or life. Then, I fully expect everyone to go back to subservience to the status quo.
This is exactly what happened on TikTok and social media following George Floyd’s death. Everyone was #BLM #ACAB until it wasn’t trendy or cool anymore
Hate to say it but the fact that this was an isolated incident just assures that it will be lost in the content pile.
No.
It stopped because there was no organization to join or participate in. The movement was too ad hoc and whatever formal structures existed were unable to adsorb an influx of people as anything other than followers.
There isn’t one now either
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I’m speaking in a very broad sense here. It did turn into a trend because that is the nature of social media and the trend died because that’s just what happens when you emulate reality
The substance of what happened after the murder of george floyd wasn’t a social media trend, it was major In Real Life, Away From Keyboard events such as demonstrations, riots and occupations in which millions of people participated. That wasn’t emulating reality, that was reality.
The popularity online were products of those. The hashtags declined in popularity as the IRL AFK events petered out, which was due to lack of formal structure and organization. Riots are exhausting and will eventually be suppressed unless they turn into something. It was a “trend” that “died”.
So far the 2 situations are unalike because there has been zero mass mobilizations in this case. It’s entirely a social phenomena.
Not attacking you personally, but I do not believe that the attitude of leftists to be defeatist is helpful
I do think it’s still a point worth considering. The fact is, an better organized left wing would have been able to take this and run with it further. I wouldn’t say this was THE moment and we missed our revolutionary chance but it’s once again a moment that we should have been able to use to a greater advantage than we have and the possibility of it petering out is fairly realistic as a result. What response do sympathetic people have as an option for acting out aside from I’ll advised copycat attempts? The sentiment is there, that’s been brought to the forefront, but there’s still nothing to focus it, for people to march behind and without that these sorts of things either go away or descend into chaos resulting in worsening conditions. I would advise against letting optimism getting in the way of sober analysis because otherwise we don’t learn how to do better next time. Cause while.this means a lot, if we were on the ball it could’ve meant more.